It is a performances centric movie

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

The first must-see film of the year.

"I told you to slow down, I nearly heard the opera." I'm kind of obsessed with Groucho's one-liners. And Harpo and Chico's music. And the stateroom pile-up. And the air force disguises. And the contract bit. And the switching beds between the two hotel rooms. The Marx Bros weren't just anarchic, they were downright chaotic, in all the best ways.

The interesting thing about "A Night at the Opera" is how much of a genuine, cliché plot it has. There is an obvious villain and protagonist, and both have goals that end in nothing but predictability. However, it gets interesting when the main attraction, that being the brilliant wit of the Marx Brothers, steps in. Every character other than these three wonderful, wild buffoons, is of a cliché and predictable nature, but they certainly aren't! While everyone else is playing it straight, they prove that they're still the same old Marx Brothers as they showcase some of their most hilarious and creative gags. I just find it truly unique and entertaining how this film feels as if its trying to be a predictable and heartwarming musical, but it keeps being interrupted by the absolutely unpredictable creativity of the Marx Brothers. The fact that everybody else is playing it so straight just adds to the great comedy here. Its all so creative and fantastic, and it is all the more creative and all the more fantastic when it is set up against the backdrop of what would normally be considered a melodramatic Hollywood musical!

Groucho strikes gold again in Hollywood's age of gold in 'Night at the opera". The hilarious moments start right away at a restaurant where Mrs. Claypool (Margarate Durmonte) is meeting Otis P. Driftwood (Groucho) and he's already there with another woman (and with his back to Margarate) and he then joins Margarate (Groucho to Margarate: "you had your back to me. When I meet a woman I expect her to look at my face, that's the price she hasta pay"). Groucho continues ("I was only with that woman cause she reminded me of you. Everything about you also reminds me of you, your hair, your eyes, everything about you reminds me of you, except you".). The humor continues. The Marxs board a ship. So does Margarate and Rosa (Kitty Carlisle). Kitty sings "Alone" to Riccardo (Allen Jones) with her wonderful voice. She's also very beautiful. Ricardo sings talented too. I also like how even in the middle of "Alone", the Marx bros continue their hyjinks such as Groucho asking a ship crew as ship is about to depart: "do I have time to leave the ship to pay a hotel bill?" Crew member: "no, its too late". Groucho: "thats fine with me". Then "Alone" continues so beautifully that I really didn't care that the song was interrupted halfway with the Marx's hyjinks. Numerous more hilarious scenes coming. Groucho finds out the size of his room when pushing his giant suitcase in there and sees it's almost the size of the room (Groucho to porter: "maybe tomorrow, can you take the case out of the room and I can go in it"). Out of the case comes stowaways Harpo, Chico, and Ricardo. Groucho orders food with them behind him in room (Harpo honks his horn then Groucho to caterer 3 times: "and two hard boiled eggs" Harpo honks shorter honk, "and one duck egg" Harpo honks repeatedly, "either it's getting foggy out or 12 more hard boiled eggs"). Then more people, one after another, enter the room; two maids, an electrician, a manicurist, some girl, three caterers with food, and a cleaner. Groucho to cleaner: " you can mop the ceiling, it's the only place where there's room". Watch what happens then when Margarate opens the door. Hilarious. Then another great music act on the ship deck with Jones singing Casi casa with the Italain passengers dancing enjoying it, then another great Chico piano performance. Soon then Harpo, Chico, and Jones disguising themselves as longbearded aviators (they impersonated the same 3 guys that were on the ship where Groucho said "is that 3 guys or one guy with 3 beards?"), and them presenting themselves City hall antics with Chico's very hilarious story about how they crossed the Atlantic and Harpo drinking glass after glass of water (and Groucho saying "hurry it up, I see a guy in the crowd with a rope"). Continuous very funny scenes include Groucho, the detective, and the disappearing beds in the apartment, and the Marx's antics at the opera including the great "take me out to the ballgame joke. And I know not everyone agrees but I also enjoyed the opera music, Kitty and Jones' "Alone" earlier on the ship, and the songs at the opera. Passion and.hilarious humur are a very really good mix

Much Thought and Trepidation went into the Decision by the Marx Brothers and MGM as to Why such a Great Film like Duck Soup (1933) was a Flop. MGM's Thalberg Insisted it was the Incoherence and the Lack of Plot that Audiences Required and the Marx's went Along with Him and His Formula. The Rest is History.This Film Became the Brothers Biggest Hit and Sustained Their Career. Thalberg May have been Right, and the Moviegoers of the 1930's Liked a Lot of Singing and Dancing with Their Comedy, but Truth be Told. It was just a Fad. In Retrospect the Dated Love Songs and Romantic Subplots are Hardly the Reason Anyone After the Fact went Back to View these Comedic Gems. Today, Blasphemous as it May Be, it is Common for Modern Audiences to Say, "I fast forward through the Songs." So it is the Zany Brothers that Make These Things Classics. Their Irreverence, Timing, Wit, and Overall Hilarious Routines that Make a Marx Brothers Movie. In this One They Even Make Opera Somewhat Tolerable. It is Considered One Their Best and Some Say it is the Best. Along with Duck Soup it is the One that is Universally Touted as the Cream of the Brothers Crop.The Opera, is in Fact, a Great Place for the Marxes to be Unleashed as They Rip it to Shreds Along with Contracts and Clothes. It is a Slick Film that Groucho Said is His Favorite.But for Pure Marx Brothers Without the MGM Mix of Music and Romance…Some Prefer Duck Soup as Well as Some of the Others Done at Paramount.